Interchangeable hanging price tag



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Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES MILES E. HABSH, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA.

INTERCHANGEABLE HANGING PRICE TAG.

Application filed December 14, 1922. Serial No. 606,974.

This invention has for its object to provide a hangin price tag including a clamp for at taching t e tag to the edge of a dlsplay shelf or such other place as may be used for dlsplaying goods, a chain or other suspender of suitable length attached to said clamp by means of a clip stamped from the front face of said clamp, an interchangeable price card container and a set of suitably stamped cards to with words and numerals for a great variety of prices and combinations.

Ordinarily the pricetags in useare made up of loose parts which are easily d 1sarranged, become misplaced, do not positively indicate the goods whose price is wanted and are otherwise unsatisfactory.

Another object of my invention is to provide an interchangeable hanging price tag whose position is positively fixed directly in front of, the articles whose prices are to be indicated.

Another object of my invention is to provide an interchangeable hanging price card container so constructed as to hold any and all rice cards ositively in place, prevent the sai container eing moved laterally or facing its hack to the front without eventually returning to its intended position.

Uther objects have to do with the detailed construction of the interchangeable hanging price tag as will hereafter more fully appear.

' My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front view pictorially illustrating the combination of the various parts;

lgiisgure 2 illustrates one of the many price car li igure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along a center-line of the combined parts.

l igure t is a horizontal sectional view of the card container.

llhe same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

in the drawings represents the shelf clamp made of sheet metal, or other suitable material, having at its lower front edge a spring clip 11 punched from the hole 12 over which is hooked the suspender 13 which may be a chain or other means of suspending the interchangeable price card container 16. The said Suspender 13 having lateral width, being hooked over clip 11 at 14 and into the slotted hole 17 of the said interchangeable price card container 16 at 15 always positions the price tag in a vertical plane, prevents the said price tag from turning so that its back is never to the front, and at the same time permits the same price tag to be'lifted or moved laterally in removing articles from the shelf behind the said price tag. With this arrangement, should the position of the said price tag be disturbed, it will always, of its own accord, return to its original position. The length of the suspender- 13 may be varied to fit shelves of varying heights or where conditions demand any such change.

The interchangeable price tag container 16 may be of sheet metal or other suitable material, stamped out in such a manner as to form beveled edges, thus adding to its finished appearance and causing it to appear thicker than a cross-section would indicate. Along the lower edge of the said price tag container 16 clips 18 are formed from the holes punched through the said container 16, the purpose of these clips being to hold the price cards 20 rigidly in place. It is to be understood that the figures or words on the said price cards 20 and 21 and the number of the said clips 18 as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 are here used for illustrative purposes only and that the actual number of such clips 18 may be varied to suit the-purpose for which the price tag is intended. Similar though slightly shorter clips 19 are formed at the ends of the said card container 16 for the purpose of pre venting any lateral motion of the said price cards 20. Near the top of the said card container 16 is formed a semi-cylindrical corrugation 22 for the purpose of preventing the said price cards 20 from being moved upward at any ordinary movement of the said container. Thus it will be seen that the individual cardsforming any combination for pricing purposes are held rigidly in place container having clips horizontally disposed along its lower edge, clips vertically disposed at its ends, and a semi-cylindrical corruga- 10 tion along its upper edge, said clips and corrugation firmly holding in place previously numbered and lettered cards, and preventing said cards from being disturbed by wind or careless handling. 15 In testimony whereof I hereunto efiix mysignature.

MILES E. MARSH. 

